 Which of us can point out many such in his circle — men whose aims are generous, whose truth is constant, and not only constant in its kind but elevated in its degree; whose want of meanness makes them simple : who can look the world honestly in the...  The Common School Teacher - Page 71876Full view - About this book
 | 1848 - 742 pages
...this brief limning. Its application is not confined to London society : ' Which of us can point out in his circle men whose aims are generous, whose truth...face with an equal, manly sympathy for the great and the small? We all know a hundred whose coats are very well made, and a score who have excellent manners,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1848 - 408 pages
...be very talkative, and by no means interesting or interested. i for. Which of us can point out mnny such in his circle — men whose aims are generous,...its kind but elevated in its degree : whose want of meimness makes them simple : who can look the world honestly in the face with an equal, manly sympathy... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1849 - 412 pages
...than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle — men whose aims nre generous, whose truth is constant, and not only constant in its kind but elevated in ils degree ; Whose want of meanness makes them simple : who can look the world honestly in the face... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 586 pages
...Perhaps a gentleman is a rarer gentleman than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle ; men whose aims are generous,...face with an equal manly sympathy for the great and the small? We all know now a hundred whose coats are very well made, and a score who have excellent... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...Person. Perhaps a gentleman is a rarer man than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle, men whose aims are generous, whose truth is constant, and not only constant in ita kind, but elevated in it» GENTLEMAN. GENTLEWOMAN. degree ; whoso want of meanness makes them simple,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 452 pages
...moment. Perhaps these are rarer personages than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle — men whose aims are generous,...face with an equal manly sympathy for the great and the small ? \Ve all know a hundred whose coats are very well made, and a sjcore who have excellent... | |
 | Kentucky. General Assembly - 1868 - 296 pages
...generous, whose truth is constant and elevated in degree, whose want of means makes him simple, and who can look the world honestly in the face with an equal manly sympathy. I shall not trespass upon the Senate by any attempt to sketch the character or narrate the services... | |
 | william makepeace thackeray - 1869 - 450 pages
...moment. Perhaps these are rarer personages than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle — men whose aims are generous,...face with an equal manly sympathy for the great and the small ? We all know a hundred whose coats are very well made, and a score who have excellent manners,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 404 pages
...rarer personages than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle—men whose aims are generous, whose truth is constant,...face with an equal, manly sympathy for the great and the small ? We all know a hundred whose coats are very well made, and a score who have excellent manners,... | |
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